Roche NimbleGen CGH Arrays Enable Characterization of Novel Genomic Disorders Associated with Psychiatric Disease in Recent Studies MADISON, Wis.--High-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) has rapidly emerged as the method of choice for molecular cytogenetic detection and characterization of chromosomal abnormalities associated with mental retardation, cancer, and other complex phenotypes. In two recent studies published in [...]

YPSILANTI, MI--(July 14, 2009) - Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS) announced that it has signed an intellectual property licensing agreement with Affinity Biosensors, LCC of Santa Barbara, CA. Affinity Biosensors is developing and commercializing methods of measuring and monitoring particles, cells, bacteria, and viruses using resonating micromachined tubes. Specialists in MEMS technology, ISSYS has developed [...]

The J. Craig Venter Institute improves its metagenomics annotation pipeline with high-performance computing solution from CLC bio BOSTON--The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Rockville, Massachusetts, has recently incorporated CLC bio’s accelerated versions of the algorithms Hmmpfam and Hmmsearch into their bioinformatics pipeline for functional annotation of proteins identified in metagenomics data. The algorithms originate [...]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that scientists using an Agilent custom-designed comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) array have sequenced the entire gene map of a Korean male. An international team led by researchers at Seoul National University published the results in Nature. The study, "A highly annotated whole-genome sequence of a Korean individual," published [...]

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Partners with Cell Culture Media Specialist SAFC Biosciences® to Provide World-Class Fluid Management and Liquid/Powder System Solutions - Global agreement strengthens customized manufacturing solutions for upstream and downstream processing and moves the “disposable factory” closer to reality GOETTINGEN, Germany & ST. LOUIS, Mo.--Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Paris:DIM), and SAFC Biosciences, a business segment [...]

Luminex Receives FDA Clearance for an Update to the xTAG® Respiratory Viral Panel Package Insert Package Insert to Include Data from Two New Publications on 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 AUSTIN, Texas--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared labeling updates for the [...]

ChemBioOffice 2010 Expands Leading Life Science Desktop Software Suite Further Into Biology, Including STATISTICA - The Leading Chemistry and Biology Desktop Software Suite Is More Powerful Than Ever Before CAMBRIDGE, MA--(July 14, 2009) - ChemBioOffice 2010 is the latest release of CambridgeSoft Corporation's full suite of integrated scientific desktop applications designed to aid individual chemists [...]

Patent for Method and System for Managing and Querying Gene Expression Data According to Quality GAITHERSBURG, Md.--Ocimum Biosolutions has announced issuance of United States Patent No. 7,558,411 B2 for developing a method and system for managing and querying gene expression data according to quality. The present invention relates generally to a method and system for [...]

Thermo Scientific GLD PRO detects and identifies gas leaks quickly and efficiently MILFORD, MA., (14 July 2009) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the Thermo Scientific GLD PRO Leak Detector to identify gas leaks precisely and quickly. This ergonomically designed, hand-held electronic device is a highly sensitive instrument [...]

University of Michigan Study Shows SEQUENOM's MassARRAY Technology Identifies HPV Infections Missed by Standard Hybridization Test - New Study Uncovers Significant Proportion of Potential False Negatives in Widely Used HPV DNA Test which could lead to Cervical Cancer SAN DIEGO and ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 13 -- Results from a study published by the University [...]